Oct 11 2013: Australia have set India a target of 202 runs to win the Twenty20 international in Rajkot.
Australia began well after being put in to bat by the hosts, scoring 48 runs in the opening four overs before Nic Maddinson was dismissed for 34 by Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Aaron Finch was the top scorer for the visitors, hitting 89 runs off 52 balls during an attacking innings that included 14 boundaries and a six.
Shane Watson was bowled out for six runs by Vinay Kumar, who also claimed the wicket of captain George Bailey for a duck.
Brad Haddin (5) and Moises Henriques (12) were both dismissed by Kumar to leave Australia on 146-5.
Glenn Maxwell made a quickfire 27 off 13 balls before he was caught by Ishant Sharma off the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja.
A six from Nathan Coulter-Nile (12*) off the final ball of the innings helped the tourists reach 201-7.
In chasing Indian batsmen made up for the poor first half with some excellent batting even though the start was not that good as Rohit Sharma (8) exited early and Suresh Raina (19) could not build on to a good start.
Since Shikhar Dhawan (32) and Virat Kohli (29) were striking the ball cleanly, India maintained a healthy run-rate but not keeping wickets did cause some anxiety. Dhawan was stumped off Xavier Doherty while Kohli was caught off Clint McKay even as India reached 100 in 11 overs.
Dhoni and Yuvraj then turned it on with their scintillating batting. Yuvraj hit two sixes and a four in three balls off McKay to plunder 18 runs in the 14th over. India needed 69 runs from the last six overs but with Yuvraj in scintillating form, the hosts recorded a comfortable win.
Australia began well after being put in to bat by the hosts, scoring 48 runs in the opening four overs before Nic Maddinson was dismissed for 34 by Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Aaron Finch was the top scorer for the visitors, hitting 89 runs off 52 balls during an attacking innings that included 14 boundaries and a six.
Shane Watson was bowled out for six runs by Vinay Kumar, who also claimed the wicket of captain George Bailey for a duck.
Brad Haddin (5) and Moises Henriques (12) were both dismissed by Kumar to leave Australia on 146-5.
Glenn Maxwell made a quickfire 27 off 13 balls before he was caught by Ishant Sharma off the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja.
A six from Nathan Coulter-Nile (12*) off the final ball of the innings helped the tourists reach 201-7.
In chasing Indian batsmen made up for the poor first half with some excellent batting even though the start was not that good as Rohit Sharma (8) exited early and Suresh Raina (19) could not build on to a good start.
Since Shikhar Dhawan (32) and Virat Kohli (29) were striking the ball cleanly, India maintained a healthy run-rate but not keeping wickets did cause some anxiety. Dhawan was stumped off Xavier Doherty while Kohli was caught off Clint McKay even as India reached 100 in 11 overs.
Dhoni and Yuvraj then turned it on with their scintillating batting. Yuvraj hit two sixes and a four in three balls off McKay to plunder 18 runs in the 14th over. India needed 69 runs from the last six overs but with Yuvraj in scintillating form, the hosts recorded a comfortable win.
